Wigan boss Roberto Martinez met with FSG in Miami today, but in an interesting coincidence, it transpires that Swansea City manager Brendan Rodgers is also in America right now. Could he be about to do a U-turn and meet with FSG after all?

Rodgers is in New York (ostensibly) to watch the Wales-Mexico friendly on Sunday, a game in which a couple of his Swansea players will be taking part. With FSG interviewing managerial candidates in the US this week, it's certainly fortuitous timing.

Rodgers rejected Liverpool's initial approach for talks, but he still remains third-favourite for the job, which suggests there is more to the situation than meets the eye.

I have it on good authority that FSG still want to talk to the Rodgers, and it's possible he may be amenable to a meeting. Indeed, a closer look at Swansea's rejection statement reveals something interesting:

"The club is pleased to confirm that Brendan has declined the current opportunity to speak to the Anfield club about the vacant position"

Rodgers only declined the 'current opportunity' to speak with Liverpool; that is very specific language, and it is not an emphatic, cast-iron rejection, which probably explains why FSG are still hopeful that he will come round.

At the start of the process, the media linked every manager under the sun with the Liverpool job, and I can understand Rodgers wanting to distance himself from that, knowing that if FSG were seriously interested in him then they would make another approach at some stage.

Whether Rodgers will do a u-turn on his earlier rejection and actually meet with FSG whilst he's in the US remains to be seen, but I have a feeling there are still some more twists and turns to come in the LFC managerial saga...

Jaimie Kanwar

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I do hope that there will be some very very harsh turns very soon, because as it looks we're going to have Martnez taking the job. Even if that won't come to pass the current (very large) group of targets is terrible. Louis Van Gaal is a borderline psychopath, AVB thinks he's pure gold, after doing well in Portugal (read in sarcastic voice) and Rodgers, Lambert and the lot are just going to be repeats of the Hodgson-saga. When this all started out and people asked for Rafa back, I thought that that'd be bad, but as things stand right now, with FSGs amateurish approach to appointing someone, I'd take Rafa over each of these wrecking balls. Mark my words, if someone like Martinez comes in and it doesn't pick up as quickly as we'd like, people are going to chant for Benitez.

Dave Whelan is being very vocal about Martinez in the hope he doesn't take the job, his latest comments are: “My information is that the new Liverpool manager will not be given full responsibility of the football department. There will be somebody else signing players and they might not necessarily be the choice of the manager." Going on to add that Martinez likes total control over every football matter, but don't all managers? Is this why the likes of Capello, Benitez and other senior managers are all either not interested or not being considered?Do we know if Brendan Rodgers is keen on the idea of working under this structure? What other possible and viable candidates would agree to just being the coach while another guy does all the transfers etc?

where do you get your information from ????.... listening to talk sport today, date you have written this,Wigan chairman has said, actually spoken, that martnez is "ON HOLIDAY" fact...... And certainly not in the states.... it really annoys me the claims that some people make, maybe wigans chairman whom was talking to his manager got it wrong...... not !!!

er, Rogers is in the US on a planned trip to watch 3 of the Swansea first 11 playing for Wales against Mexico. This was announced before KD got the boot, so stop trying to make a story of why he is there out of nothing.

I have massive respect for Liverpool - Swansea has a massive connection with the Reds - but I have to say the Fenway group's approach to finding a new manager has been farcial.

And if they think Swansea's old manager, Roberto Martinez, is the answer to their prayers, then I would have to say from 2 years experience of him at the helm of the Swans, he has talent, but the Liverpool fans I have spoken to know more about hiring someone than the Fenway Board. It's too big a job for him right now.

Defensively he is weak. He always has been, and struck lucky by having to play a back 3, and suddenly everything clicked and he kept them up.

If he's hired and doesn't win the first 5 games, the board will be under pressure, a la Roy Hodgson, as the fans will revolt.

Appointing Brendan Rodgers would be a huge slap in the face of Kenny Dalglish..... and we would be saying goodbye to signing top players, and employing lower league players, and probably losing our top players aswell......

I DO NOT WANT BRENDAN RODGERS AS OUR NEXT MANAGER. THAT WOULD SIGNAL THE END FOR LFC AS WE KNOW IT........

One year int the EPL, does not qualify him for the LFC post...... We would turn into a club like swansea with probably half their players. This saga going on at the minute is a laughing stock, the american owners seem to be putting us backwards....

appoint a top top manader that good in domestic n europe,thats all we as life time lfc fans want..br,martin is fighting relegation team managers,if we appoint them they take very long time to make success..people like rafa or avb or capello have good experience n record in euro and on domestic too,,,so think it twice b4 appoint some one,

Whoever it is. I sincerely wish them the best of luck. Our fans have gone so far up their own back sides they actually believe the crap they spout on a daily basis. Ive been saying it since Rafa left. The Liverpool managers position has become a poisoned chalice. Too many fans living in the past thinking they should win the league every year. Real life works on merit, guile and hard graft, not history. Change and adapt. That's what we should have done 20 odd years ago. We didn't, United did.

Brendan rogers is a good manager. The trend over the last decade is to go for younger managers, just like liverpool did with benitez. But Benitez 100% is not what the yanks want. They want a yes man who wont argue when the new director above them buys young footballers and wants the new manager to develope them into top players then sell for a profit. similar to what wenger does at arsenal. Benitez would demand £50+ million worth of players every summer .Thats why Martinez and Rogers are front runners. The yanks are only at liverpool for an eventual gain on their investment. The only differences from Hicks and gillette is there is minimal debt this time around and they are maximising revenue.

Employ a top director of football to assess and attract quality players and get Martinez or Rodgers as a coach to get them playing effectively. Takes out the Dalglish transfer target mishaps but retains an attractive and positive style of play.

The longer this farce goes on, with the names being touted, the more I tend to think Kenny got the elbow because he told Henry something he didn't want to hear about his approach to running the club. It strikes me as being a spur of the moment firing.When Hodgson got the push, Kenny was appointed the day after. It's a bit of a worry that the shortlist is alleged to be 12 names, when 12 teams finished below us this season and the only serious contender is one of them.Hate to sasy it, but Benitez would be our best bet. That's how bad the situation looks.

Waah waah f**king waaaaaaaaah! The manager comes in as part of a duo, coach and director of football. Coach tells DoF what he needs, suggests a few guys, DoF picks the most suitable ones owners provide the money out of a budget. If left to making players play attractive and effective football then Brendan Rogers is your man. If a good eye for players and talent is needed then a Begiristan-type figure works for me. Remember Pep was the B team coach before he was made coach at Barca and Mourinho was the translator. Someone has to be smart and astute enough to take the chance while fans petulantly demand demand demand.

rafa is not right for the club. He had his time already and he will be another kenny dalglish. a failed second stint. if van gaal is appointed manager this would be positive because he is a big name manager who could attract top notch players. i agree that rodgers and lambert will be more woys. But all the club needs is stability. Whoever we appoint, we need to get behind him and spur the team on. And this next manager must be kept for at least 2 full seasons so we can see where we are. And not just sack manager after manager

I expect Sunderland to be looking down on Newcastle at the end of next season & that could mean top 4 for them , them two are gonna have a right ding dong at each other next season & might even contest the domestic cups .

O'Neill is a good manager , better than Pardew & appears to have a better Chairman than Pardew has too & was clever enough to turn down the opportunity to succeed Clough at Forest so I'm sure he is smart enough to avoid working for the misery of working for the Con Men in charge of us .

the owner tries to copy Newcastle or Arsenal, tight budget but good results....however, young talents' transfer fees seem to sky-rocketed nowadays. True, i think we r turning into a mid-table club.Sad...YNWA

Couldn't agree with you more. Too many fans living on the past. Maybe its a good time now to do what we should have done 20 yrs ago. Need to start sometime and now may be a good time for change, get real and move on.

Stop clutching at straws, he's there to watch the Wales game he's been doing that for weeks, well before you lot sacked the angry scot. If fsg were to speak to Brendan, it would be a nice but of tapping up as neither he nor the club have given permission.

Ask yourself this, why would he want to move when he's just agreed to sign his no1 target this summer?

It would have to go to Luis Van Gaal, proven he is strict ,you play his way or get out. That's exactly what we need , he has won champions League and many league titles in different countries. He plays attacking football , something we haven't done for 20 odd years. So positive all round. Get him!!!!!!!

I know picking the right manager is very important. But I think the process is too slow. If we look at the other teams, they are already searching for new players. We are some steps behind. It is quite worrying. It makes me think maybe this is the plan of FSG. Giving our new manager / DOF no time to get new players so that they don't have to risk more money. The manager then will have to utilize the players he will inherit and make the most out of it. The owners will wait until January and see if with this new manager we are going places then they will choose to support the manager with funds to buy players or not.

but Wenger has a total control there: it's a huge difference. Managers have full responsibility, They are the first Who are fired when things go wrong, so They rightly pretend total responsibilities. It's a simple concept of football, but americans lack of football knowledge.

Please John Henry, stop going after AVERAGE managers for our beloved club, and do everything possible to bring Pep guardiola here, Roberto Martinez and Brendan Rodgers WE DO NOT WANT, they might be cheap options, but if you are serious about getting LFC back to the top, then you need to hire a top manager, not guys like Martinez that battles relegation every season. My choice would be Pep with Van Gaal as Director of football. And make some proper money available again this summer to attract the top players, if you havent the resources or commitment to this project, then sell to an owner that does. YNWA

Maybe you should open your eyes to the circus these yanks have created again...What are you a spokesman for fsg becouse liverpool could do without people like you who are happy to see us go downhill,get your head out of your arse..they will not provide us with funds but demand 4th spot,Everything america touch they destroy...Totally killing the club,just greedy capitalists who got us cheap.

Do what now....You mean make us a laughing stock and limit our choice of managers..Believe me veteran fans can see that they are not all they are cracked up to be...Dont understand people bending over backwards defending them.Too many agenda's going on at the club since both the yank owners arrived.

FSG are really getting it all wrong why are we linked to so many managers FFS, we a need a manager who has the experience and can attract good quality footballers in Europe because i think we are covered for English players. LVG, AVB, Rafa these are the managers we should be looking at, we sacked KK and now we are thinking Rodgers, Lambert, Martinez are they serious?If you want a mansion built and quick you need to pay some serious money, they want top 4 and they expect it for nothing F%^^k me.The truth of the matter is the manager needs to tell the DOF who he wants and only who he wants, because in the end it is up to the managers vision that will determine the success of the team.

I got told off by the moderator for calling Americans Yanks.However in the deep South they call people from North of the Mason Dixon Line YankeesPeople from North of the Mason Dixon line say Yankees come from New England.People from New England say Yankees are people from Boston.People from Boston say Yankees are Capitalists who buy football clubs on the cheap to exploit them.

The transfer window opens next Friday. Newcastle already snapped up yet again another Frenchman, a few decent Bosmans knocking about, other clubs are all lining up their targets to bring in.Hazard agreed terms with 3 clubs.Whilst Rome Burns, Nero (John Henry) fiddles.

Sorry i forgot that no manager has ever done well unless they were a big name, Everybody had heard of Wenger before he took over at Arsenal hadnt they and Pep Guardiola was proven before he took over at Barca wasnt he.

If FSG appoint Roberto Martinez, lets see the style of football he gets us playing and see how we do before saying he is the wrong man.

I wonder how many of those "We want Benitez" sheep were the ones screaming for Kenny last season??. Seems to me there are ALOT of 'fans' who like living in the past. Those days are gone!! What the club needs to do is start at the bottom again and work its way up, with a young manager that will see us through. At the end of the day, do you think FSG are going to listen to what anyone else thinks? I am swaying towards Martinez, but what you have to remember is FSG KNOW how to make money, and perhaps this is all a smoke screen to get LFC in the tabloids everyday and talked about????

Your right mate, where did managers come from for the top 7 clubs in the league last season.Mancini = Inter MilanSAF =AberdeenWenger=JapanDiMatteo=West BromMoyes=PrestonPardew=Dole queue ex ReadingRedknapp=Portsmouth.So 6 out of 7 came from lesser clubsShould Martinez or Rodgers get the job support them and give them a chance. Liverpool are an 8th place club in decline, not in the CL, have uninspiring owners with a complete lack of knowledge of the game of football.Have sacked 3 managers in 3 years.Haven't covered themselves in glory over handling of the Suarez incident.It is not the 1980's anymore stop living in the past and in denial wanting so and so or so and so. When our Americans appoint the manager, get behind him whoever he may be, I hope for gods sake it is not Rafa but if it is then so let it be.In the modified words of JFK, Ask not what your club can do for you ask what you can do for your club and get behind them and support them and especially the man in charge.The poor guy will be scared out of his wits reading some of these more vocal unmoderated fan websites on what is going on here.

Of the candidates available FSG would have to interview Rafa even if only to eliminate him. His track record is better than any of the candidates we are being realistically linked with barring Van Gaal. Yes he bought Aquilani and Dosena....... (i have major issues with both those signings amongst others) but other than these two when spending significant sums in the transfer window he did well.

If FSG interview him and say he is not the man for the job then we can't argue. If they overlook him completely then they leave themselves open to criticism not just from LFC fans but the football community as a whole.

Personally i would push for the De Boer brothers but they've distanced themselves from the job. What we ned to do is look at success and fighting relegation every season is not a pre-requisite for taking on one of the biggest clubs in the world.

We also need to remember when thinking about the Paul Lamberts and Brendan Rodgers type mangers that Owen Coyle was the best thing since sliced bread last season.

Whatever happens, this appointment is going to be a huge watershed for FSG. Let's hope they get it right

out of Martinez Rodgers and Lambert I would go for Martinez.It is tougher to stay in the Premier League in your second season than your first. If Rodgers and Lambert succeed next season and do as well as they did this season then I would def believe they are good talented managers for the future. The difference between them and Pulis is they kept up unfashionable clubs by playing football as did Martinez. Pulis by playing a style more accustomed to Aussie Rules football.As for Coyle, he jumped ship at Burnley to go to Bolton now both are gone. He suffered from 2nd season syndrome at Bolton. All went well season 1 then it capitulated.

If we had to get a young manager with a lot of potential under Van Gaal then Brendan Rodgers is the one I'd go for. It would seem to be the most sustainable partnership of those mooted so far. I just can't see Rafa, Capello or AVN working under Van Gaal or it lasting too long.

Yes Pep is going to come, he has heard Downing Spearing and Henderson are world class and so what if he has given up managing Messi Fabregas Xavi and Iniesta and he will work under LVG which surely he would not wherever he went.You have more chance of getting Mick McCarthy with Tony Pulis as DOF than Pep.

I want a new manager as much as any one, but what the hell is this rubbish about the process being a farce. OMG the owners have taken more than a week to get someone in and is considering people for the job, damn! I wish they just went and spoke to Pep and Jose and get it over and done with. Idiots! Surely the fact they are trying to interview as many people is to make sure they are getting the right man for the job. I notice that all the managers names being linked have not actually come from LFC. Doing things behind closed doors. Who knows who they have really spoken to.

As long as you promise not to win anything or garner a spirit of competition & progress or otherwise anything that would require anything more than the bare minimum investment then I cant see why not .

Honestly you lot should listen to yourselves, there has been no official word or statement from the club apart from what Ian ayre said last week. Everything is being stirred up by the media, FSG are going about their search in an organised and private manner and I hope they appoint the right man for the job. There has been a list of 12, 20??? Have FSG come out and said that? I think not!! Stop jumping on the media scum bandwagon driven by sky tv who keep dragging up the same news to fill broadcasting hours, they just love targeting Liverpool. They are a joke and the rest of the country believe them! Trust the club, back the manager next year whoever it is and be patient. YNWA

Exactly, all we know is that Matrinez has had/will have an interview with FSG, we have no idea who else has be or will be interviewed but i am sure we will find out soon. So be patient. Until there is a statement on the LFC website i will take everything i read with a pinch of salt

Confirmed - a load of crap. you said yourself that he is there to watch some of his players play for the national side. THATS ALL - Rogers said himself he is not interested. Martinez has been photographed in Miami taking a stroll with John Henry, there are pictures on twitter to show this. They are taking a nice stroll around the shops. Do you think that Martinez, who had cut his holiday short, would be walking around the shops having been told that he is NOT going to be the new mamanager?

He would be on the next plane to get back to his family and finish the break in preparation for the coming season.

I expect an announcement in the early part of next week confirming martinez as manager.

Thats humour I recognise that - well done. And now THIS SITE reports that he has been offered the job. Perhaps the PHOTOS are NOT photoshop. LOL I love the n00b - you thought of that yourself didnt you!

the yanks want a puppet in to say yes sir no sir who duznt ask 4 50 mil each year while they take the clubs draws down and f,,, it in the bum am so sick of wrong decisions being made at lpool its disgraceful we r nothing but a mid table club now theres no ambition in this decision at all martinez what a waste of time plus am sick off bluffers and blaggers in football i can c another hounding out of pool me out the yanks

No Red you are right a manager needs ago but are we really in the position to find out how many Martinez managers can get us back into the top six. At least LVG has a proven record, so forgive us who would like a manager who does what is needed to get the job done, not someone who has been just surviving.Hey look i will come back on here and eat my words if i am wrong that's guaranteed. By the way i am tired of people saying that "oh but he kept Wigan out of relegation"Well people do not want to look what he did during the season to get them in that position in the first place, why can't he keep them mid table or even 13th, he has battled twice to keep them from being regulated forgive us if some of us don't share your confidence or faith in him.

i hope fsg and whoever they apoint,shut you lot up,top manager this and that,top managers want top transfer money,fsg are clever buisnes men,they will get it right,and the best of the mangers in the transfer market,will probally get the job,judged on the buisness they have done in the past,whoever comes in,i hope a goal keeper is first on the list,and no he dos`ent have to be top class,top money,but someone who can hold his own,between the sticks,and hit a sensible rating after a game,unlike the top keeper we have at the moment,so remember this young red one,cream rises to the top.

How is it that we are a laughing stock? FSG are doing things a bit differently from what the EPL is used to. They believe this is the way to go. So, lets wait and see how everything turns out. Afterall, they don't need anyone to bend backwards to defend them because they own the club. They call the shots.